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42:1 [Ecce servus meus, suscipiam eum ; electus meus, complacuit sibi in illo anima mea : dedi spiritum meum super eum : judicium gentibus proferet.
*H Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.


Ver. 1. My servant. Christ, who, according to his humanity, is the servant of God, (Ch.) and Redeemer of others; none else being able to satisfy for themselves. W. Phil. ii. 7. C. — This passage clearly refers to the Messias, (Chal. Kimchi) who was prefigured by Cyrus. v. 6. C. Hugo. — It is quoted by S. Mat. (xii. 18.) who has some variations both from the Heb. and the Sept. (C.) particularly the first part of v. 4. which the Sept. renders, "He shall shine, and shall not be broken."

* Footnote * Matthew 12 : 18 Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
42:2 Non clamabit, neque accipiet personam, nec audietur vox ejus foris.
He shall not cry, nor have respect to person, neither shall his voice be heard abroad.
42:3 Calamum quassatum non conteret, et linum fumigans non extinguet : in veritate educet judicium.
The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
42:4 Non erit tristis, neque turbulentus, donec ponat in terra judicium ; et legem ejus insulae exspectabunt.
*H He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he set judgment in the earth, and the islands shall wait for his law.


Ver. 4. Islands. Sept. and S. Mat. "the Gentiles shall hope in his name." H.

42:5 Haec dicit Dominus Deus, creans caelos, et extendens eos ; formans terram, et quae germinant ex ea ; dans flatum populo qui est super eam, et spiritum calcantibus eam :
Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.
42:6 Ego Dominus vocavi te in justitia, et apprehendi manum tuam, et servavi te : et dedi te in foedus populi, in lucem gentium,
*H I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles:


Ver. 6. Gentiles. This was literally verified in Christ. Cyrus is also styled the just, (C. xli. 26.) and gave liberty to many nations.

42:7 ut aperires oculos caecorum, et educeres de conclusione vinctum, de domo carceris sedentes in tenebris.
*H That thou mightest open the eyes of the blind, and bring forth the prisoner out of prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.


Ver. 7. House. The Jews out of captivity, prefigured the redemption of mankind. These miracles proved that Jesus was the Messias. Lu. vii. 22.

42:8 Ego Dominus, hoc est nomen meum ; gloriam meam alteri non dabo, et laudem meam sculptilibus.
*H I the Lord, this is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.


Ver. 8. Things. They shall not partake of my divinity. Our Saviour was truly God. Phil. ii. 6.

42:9 Quae prima fuerunt, ecce venerunt ; nova quoque ego annuntio : antequam oriantur, audita vobis faciam.]
*H The things that were first, behold they are come: and new things do I declare: before they spring forth, I will make you hear them.


Ver. 9. Them. The completion of former predictions enforces the belief of those which are yet to come. C.

42:10 [Cantate Domino canticum novum, laus ejus ab extremis terrae, qui descenditis in mare, et plenitudo ejus ; insulae, et habitatores earum.
*H Sing ye to the Lord a new song, his praise is from the ends of the earth: you that go down to the sea, and all that are therein: ye islands, and ye inhabitants of them.


Ver. 10. All. Lit. "its fulness," (H.) sailors, (C.) and fishes. H. — He concludes with a canticle.

42:11 Sublevetur desertum et civitates ejus. In domibus habitabit Cedar : laudate, habitatores petrae ; de vertice montium clamabunt.
*H Let the desert and the cities thereof be exalted: Cedar shall dwell in houses: ye inhabitants of Petra, give praise, they shall cry from the top of the mountains.


Ver. 11. Cedar, or the Jews in exile in the desert Arabia. P. cxix. 5. C. — The people dwell in tents. Roger. ii. 5. — Petra. A city that gives name to Arabia Petræa. Ch.

42:12 Ponent Domino gloriam, et laudem ejus in insulis nuntiabunt.
They shall give glory to the Lord, and shall declare his praise in the islands.
42:13 Dominus sicut fortis egredietur, sicut vir praeliator suscitabit zelum ; vociferabitur, et clamabit : super inimicos suos confortabitur.]
*H The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, as a man of war shall he stir up zeal: he shall shout and cry: he shall prevail against his enemies.


Ver. 13. Enemies. The Chaldees, (C.) by the hand of Cyrus.

42:14 [Tacui semper, silui, patiens fui : sicut parturiens loquar ; dissipabo, et absorbebo simul.
I have always held my peace, I have kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak now as a woman in labour: I will destroy, and swallow up at once.
42:15 Desertos faciam montes et colles, et omne gramen eorum exsiccabo ; et ponam flumina in insulas, et stagna arefaciam.
*H I will lay waste the mountains and hills, and will make all their grass to wither: and I will turn rivers into islands, and will dry up the standing pools.


Ver. 15. Pools. Cyrus deluged the country about Babylon. C. xiii. and xxi. 1. H. — The proud and covetous, who expected Christ to give them kingdoms, were deceived. He came to teach humility, and to grant eternal rewards. W.

42:16 Et ducam caecos in viam quam nesciunt, et in semitis quas ignoraverunt ambulare eos faciam ; ponam tenebras coram eis in lucem, et prava in recta ; haec verba feci eis, et non dereliqui eos.
*H And I will lead the blind into the way which they know not: and in the paths which they were ignorant of I will make them walk: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight: these things have I done to them, and have not forsaken them.


Ver. 16. Blind captives, or converts to Christianity.

42:17 Conversi sunt retrorsum, confundantur confusione, qui confidunt in sculptili ; qui dicunt conflatili : Vos dii nostri.
They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god.
42:18 Surdi, audite, et caeci, intuemini ad videndum.
*H Hear, ye deaf, and, ye blind, behold that you may see.


Ver. 18. Deaf Jews, who would not listen to the prophets. v. 19. C.

42:19 Quis caecus, nisi servus meus ; et surdus, nisi ad quem nuntios meos misi ? quis caecus, nisi qui venundatus est ? et quis caecus, nisi servus Domini ?
*H Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, but he to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, but he that is sold? or who is blind, but the servant of the Lord?


Ver. 19. Sold. Heb. Cimshullam, (H.) the perfect, or favoured. The Turks call "believers" Musselmans. C.

42:20 Qui vides multa, nonne custodies ? qui apertas habes aures, nonne audies ?
Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not observe them? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hear?
42:21 Et Dominus voluit ut sanctificaret eum, et magnificaret legem, et extolleret.
And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it.
42:22 Ipse autem populus direptus, et vastatus ; laqueus juvenum omnes, et in domibus carcerum absconditi sunt ; facti sunt in rapinam, nec est qui eruat ; in direptionem, nec est qui dicat : Redde.
*H But this is a people that is robbed and wasted: they are all the snare of young men, and they are hid in the houses of prisons: they are made a prey, and there is none to deliver them: a spoil, and there is none that saith: Restore.


Ver. 22. Men, whom they corrupt by their bad example. H. — Heb. "their young men are in chains," during the last wars, and the captivity of Juda. C.

42:23 Quis est in vobis qui audiat hoc, attendat, et auscultet futura ?
Who is there among you that will give ear to this, that will attend and hearken for times to come?
42:24 Quis dedit in direptionem Jacob, et Israel vastantibus ? nonne Dominus ipse, cui peccavimus ? Et noluerunt in viis ejus ambulare, et non audierunt legem ejus.
*H Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to robbers? hath not the Lord himself, against whom we have sinned? And they would not walk in his ways, and they have not hearkened to his law.


Ver. 24. We. Sept. "they have sinned," which seems preferable. H.

42:25 Et effudit super eum indignationem furoris sui, et forte bellum ; et combussit eum in circuitu, et non cognovit ; et succendit eum, et non intellexit.]
And he hath poured out upon him the indignation of his fury, and a strong battle, and hath burnt him round about, and he knew not: and set him on fire, and he understood not.
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